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Mrs. Peel Back From The Painters
Created on 2008-07-02 19:28:36
Monday evening I went to Maaco and got this lovely little car back from the painters. There may be a lawsui as they broke a weld, but my lawyers advised me that it would do no harm to take the car home.
She;s up on a lift, and tonight I began to reassemble her. First up- seal on the boot lid. This car is a 1964 Tartan Red roadster, and the boot seal fit into a groove on the lid itself, not around the sides of the boot.
I also gave the gas tank one more coat of paint and hung the straps in preparation. I got the hangers for the fuel line, battery line, brake lines, and wiring harness ready to go. The also are coated with Eastwood Chasis Extreme, and I'm going to use stainless nylock nuts.
This project is going to take a while. I'll try to keep this journal up to date.
She;s up on a lift, and tonight I began to reassemble her. First up- seal on the boot lid. This car is a 1964 Tartan Red roadster, and the boot seal fit into a groove on the lid itself, not around the sides of the boot.
I also gave the gas tank one more coat of paint and hung the straps in preparation. I got the hangers for the fuel line, battery line, brake lines, and wiring harness ready to go. The also are coated with Eastwood Chasis Extreme, and I'm going to use stainless nylock nuts.
This project is going to take a while. I'll try to keep this journal up to date.
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Freshly painted fuel tank
Tank Straps hanging down
Stainless nuts on posts for the hangers
Freshly painted fuel tank
Tank Straps hanging down
Stainless nuts on posts for the hangers
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Peel Back From The Painters | 2008-07-02 | 3 | Monday evening I went to Maaco and got this lovely little car back from the painters. There may be a lawsui as they broke a weld, but my lawyers advised me that it would do no harm... | |
| New Horns And Alternator Upgrade | 2007-07-17 | After having one too many cars pull out in front of me without looking, I decided to replace the original horns in Miss K with a set of 135db air horns from Harbor Freight. They're... | ||
| Suspension Repairs - And A New Wind Blocker | 2007-07-03 | 1 | So a few weeks ago when under the driver-side wheels I noticed that the wishbone arms had grooves where the lower trunnion pin went through them. Knowing that these should in fact ... | |
| Miss Kensington's Engine Cleanup | 2007-05-22 | 2 | After doing a bunch of little work on Miss K over the last few months, and enjoying driving in the sun, it was time to clean up the engine a bit. When we first got M... | |
| The 71 MGB- Sarah Jane | 2007-03-26 | 1 | Well, my sickness continues. I had seen this car on ebay, and meant to buy it just for the wheels. But then I discover it has a stainless exhaust system, a Gold Seal engine, alread... | |
| Crank Seal Replaced- Finally | 2007-01-27 | 2 | 1 | Well, last week I finally got the crankshaft pulley bolt off. It took the car in fourth gear, emergency brake on full, front of car on jack stands, rear wheels chocked, a socket, f... |
| End Of Year Work | 2007-01-10 | Well, not having posted since October, it's time to update the journal. A bunch of little work has been going on. I obtained a hardtop that will work either on Miss ... | ||
| Brakes! | 2006-10-24 | A summation of a few month's worth of tinkering. After much squeaking from the rear passenger brakes, we ended up replacing the brake piston- all seems much better n... | ||
| Little Bits | 2006-09-05 | 1 | More little bits done over this past Labor day weekend. Checked out the gearbox oil level- had some trouble shifting, but the level is fine. Checked the hyraulics a... | |
| Lights! | 2006-08-27 | After a few weeks of working most on the 64B (Miss Kensingtion's cousin Maggie) it was time to get back to Miss K's issues. The big push is a possible trip to a car show in Bergen ... |
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